Organophosphate Toxicity Presenting as a Stroke Alert.
| Autor: | Morales-Cruz MJ; Emergency Medicine, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, USA., Scheveck B; Emergency Medicine, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, USA., Diaz VI; Emergency Medicine, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, USA., McNally KS; Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA., Elfman J; Emergency Medicine, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, USA., Ganti L; Emergency Medicine, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, USA.; Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Plantation, USA.; Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Mar 29; Vol. 15 (3), pp. e36882. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 29 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.36882 |
| Abstrakt: | Altered mental status is a common emergency department presentation. It has a broad differential and can be particularly challenging when the patient is unable to give a history and collateral information is not immediately available. The authors present a case of altered mental status initially brought in as a stroke alert but later discovered to be intentional organophosphate ingestion. Although organophosphate poisoning is relatively rare in the United States, it should be considered in patients with altered mental status with miosis who are unresponsive to naloxone, especially in the setting of bradycardia or copious secretions. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2023, Morales-Cruz et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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